Depression subtypes, suicidality, and healthcare costs in older adults: results from a naturalistic study
Psychiatric healthcare costs differed between depression subtypes, with a small effect. Furthermore, older age, a diagnosis of recurrent depression, and a history of suicide attempts increased the risk of suicide. Health policies should target these populations to improve mental health outcomes in the older adults.
Authors
- Alejandro Porras‐Segovia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2019-9099)
- María Luisa Barrigón (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2497-6353)
- Ismaël Conejero (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9142-1278)
- Philippe Courtet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6519-8586)
- Enrique Baca‐García (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6963-6555)
- Jorge López‐Castromán (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0618-0690)
- Lucía Albarracín-García (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2089-9811)
Institutions
- Universidade da Coruña (ES)
- Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (ES)
- Catholic University of the Maule (CL)
- Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón (ES)
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (ES)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier (FR)
- Hospital Universitario Rey Juan Carlos (ES)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nîmes (FR)
- Universidad Central (CR)
- Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz (ES)
- Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle (FR)
- Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor (ES)
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Psychiatry
- Published
- 2025-06-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1560719
- Primary Topic
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00